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Year of the Eco-BagRetailers lining up to pass out green shopping bags
The latest “it” bag isn’t from Fendi or Louis Vuitton. No, this year’s hottest item is shaping up to be the reusable shopping tote. Fashion retailers have traditionally dolled up well-designed branded packages (think Bloomingd . . . » MORE |
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Creating a Greener BeanA small fixture manufacturer’s expertise in working with reclaimed wood will help an L.L. Bean prototype store seek LEED accreditation.
Problem To help L.L.Bean’s new store be as green as possible, designers at Bergmeyer wanted the fixtures to be made out of reclaimed and recycled wood. But that material often contains nails and other impurities. Solution Bigger may not always . . . » MORE |
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Fresh from the U.K.Tesco’s Fresh & Easy lands stateside to elbow its way into the U.S. grocery sector. Its message: We’re different. Get used to it.
The news that Tesco, one of the world’s largest retailers, was planning to introduce a grocery concept in the U.S. sent shockwaves throughout the market. Now that the British company’s Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is here, the buz . . . » MORE |
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Whole Foods MarketISP/VM+SD Store Design Competition Winner
To create an eco-industrial store that simultaneously honors the environment and its historic South Loop location, designers minimized materials and used resources wisely for the new 53,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market in Chicago. For example, rene . . . » MORE |
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Emerald AisleHow grocery stores are leading the green movement, one shopping cart at a time
The recent food scares from China are indicative of consumers’ growing consciousness about what goes into their bodies and where it comes from. More than 90 different food products imported from a Chinese food manufacturing facility were deemed . . . » MORE |
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The Green StandardOne test every designer should pass
More and more, being knowledgeable about sustainability isn’t just the right thing for designers to do – it’s the smart thing to do. If retailers want to respond to the growing concern about using our resources more wisely, they&rsq . . . » MORE |
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EvergreenHeinen’s Fine Foods serves up an ecologically correct supermarket chain
The newest Heinen’s market, in Hudson, Ohio, spans some 150 years of supermarket construction. As per strict ordinances in this high-income Cleveland exurb, which zealously values its Federalist and Georgian architecture, the grocer and its arc . . . » MORE |
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Tesco Shouts ‘Timber’British retailer’s wooden store in Scotland breaks new ground in eco-friendliness
Tesco, the U.K. supermarket giant, has taken another big step in its ongoing eco-program with a 50,000-square-foot store made entirely of wood. The store – which Tesco is considering a “trial” – is in Wick, a small town in Sco . . . » MORE |
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Green StreakWal-Mart opens second high-efficiency store in Northern Illinois
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (Bentonville, Ark.) has opened the doors to its second high-efficiency Wal-Mart Supercenter, located in Rockton, Ill. The 205,000-square-foot store is expected to use 20 percent less energy than a typical Supercenter. It is the r . . . » MORE |
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Help Wanted: Green RetailersCallison’s Sandie Pope and Kjell Anderson discuss how to go “eco” one step at a time
While retail is all about what’s next, green design is about lasting solutions. Retailers promote consumption; conservationists condemn it. Retailers and designers celebrate packaging; planeteers eschew it. Retailers build stores; environmental . . . » MORE |
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